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It going to be tougher to get the variety then the palace Guards as there all the same. Battle damage parts maybe? In fact I'm not an army builder so if this was released on a single card as well I'd just get the single card version.

Here's some stuff I think would be cool, though I don't know how much they could shove into one package:

- Battle damaged parts (would be cool for the parts to have slashes and holes in them so you could shove swords and axes in, making it look like it's walking around with weapons sticking out of 'em. I'd love to have a head that is cleaved down the middle so you could put He-Man's axe in it.)

- New ideas, like alternate heads that reflect rank, or arm weapons like what was mentioned above (though I'd like to see at least one WHOLE arm weapon that plugs into the shoulder, like a big rail gun or something).

I think that would do it for me.

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I've always thought there were two types of troopers; humans and robots.
That would also explain why some of them sneeze.

Even in the episode where the sneezing powder was introduced it was asked, do robots sneeze? I have never known them to be human, just filmations flaw of making robots with too many human emotions. In the She-ra episode the reluctant wizard, a Horde Trooper witnessed a tree attack him. He told Catra and she did not believe him and told him he would have to go to some mines or swamps or some place for punishment, he showed fear saying "No not that!" She said he would have to see Hordak first, and he said never mind he would rather go to the place of punishment. When he went to Hordak who also did not believe him, Hordak blasted him to a pile of scrap and sparking wires. Of course Shadow Weaver told Hordak the Trooper was telling the truth. Anyway up until that point you would have sworn a human was in that suit with all the emotions it showed, but in the end, just a robot.

Originally Posted by Snake Hunter

I suppose thar the Horde Troopers will have a brand new buck so Ill eliminate all the armor pieces (because it will be new pieces).

I would buy them no matter what, and since they put so much effort into the Palace Guards, I expect nothing short of great for the Horde Troopers which I believe the Horsemen has more of a passion for. But would their be a Horde Captain or just an elite Horde Trooper. After Adora left Catra took over as Force Captain.

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My number one ask is that while I know the 2 paks will come with 2 slightly different versions, I hope there are enough spare parts inside so we can construct an army of IDENTICAL Horde Troopers ... not 2 separate armys of 2 different looking robots.

The only thing that bugs me about the Palace Guards is I cannot make both guards in each pack have the undented 'Filmation' style armor.

MOTUC Horde Troopers Speculation

If the search results do not yield much, them I'm going to capitalize. If I'm wrong, please merge and all should be well. Really, the closest thread I could find about MOTUC Horde Troopers was Emiliano's sketches for variants.

We're certain that Horde Troopers will come in an army builder two pack now that we have the Palace Guards. It's inevitable and I'm sure there's no other type of talk that will sway us before insulting our collective intelligence. So, what's the concensus on how these guys will be handled? Will they be new sculpts? Will we get battle damaged heads and armor like the PGs? What kind of weapons and accessories should we expect?

Discuss!!!!

P.S. - I do have my ideas on how these guys will be handled, but I plan on sharing later. Peace.

As it stands at the moment, I can't see eyeless troopers or sea troopers coming for the same reason that there won't be an unamed female Horde Wraith

Originally Posted by Neal1972

Hordak did beat Skelly one-on-one, in a DC comic way back when. (I think it was a DC comic.)
I remember Skeletor thinking to himself that he had never had to use so much power before, and he started to doubt he could win.
He-Man stepped in to stop Hordak before he could finish Skeletor, but technically, he won.
Maybe someone else can shed more info on this encounter.

I prefer Skeletor as a villain as well, but to me Hordak is the true 'big bad' if we're talking magic power.

To the topic, I'd love a Horde Trooper army builder pack. No doubt.

It was the first Star Comic, Skeletor was annoyed at He-Man saying he'd rather been destroyed than have He-Man save him!

He-Man and Orko get sent to the Fright Zone with the rest of the original Horde, and it's possibly the best representation of the Fright Zone ever, with the Tree, the foot trap and the Dragon all being used.

However, the weirdest part of the comic is Teela calling Man-At-Arms by that name rather than father!

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I'm really looking forward to the Horde Troopers. I suspect they'll be an army builder 2 pack. I would like to see the vintage red weapon included along w/ a stun weapon modeled after the Filmation weapon. As I recall their may be a shield that could be included as well. Maybe a large blaster or Horde rifle w/ the Horde logo on it could be included. I really hope we get these troopers in the next year or so. That will be my most expensive month up to that point as I'll push the purchase limit to the max. I wouldn't mind if they put a He-man and Hordak head in the pack either. I display all my figures and I don't have extra heads so an extra Hordak head would be helpful If I were to want to display one trooper as a Hordak troop leader. Rather than pre-ternia disguise He-man wouldn't it have been sweet to have Horde Trooper disguise He-man? Bring on the Horde troopers

I expect to see them with the red quarter staves from the action figure, a variation of the stun batons from the FILMation series and some Horde crossbows. It might be cool to see them with a silver version of Zodac's or Man-E-Faces' blaster, but that might be too many ranged weapons included.

As far as the structure of the figure itself, I can't help but wonder if it will be more practical for Mattel to do a brand new sculpt or possibly got the same route with the Palace Guards and cover them in armor. Technically they could treat it like the existing PG armor to also give various battle damage plates that can be changed out and then put new armor pieces on an entirely black colored male figure. It seem a bit impractical, but it might be cheaper to just create new armor instead of a new figure. Please correct me if I'm wrong on that one.

As far as heads are concerned, I'd actually like to see the yellow eyes translucent with a slot on the back to catch the light and make them glow. We could possibly get these head variants: original FILMation (large, round black eyes), younger Hordak, He-Man hair helmet and battle damage.

Beneath the armor chestplates, it would ROCK if the Horde Trooper's torso's looked like circuitry and wiring, so that, when removed, they look like destroyed robots.

I am really excited about these guys and hope we see them by next year's end. (I wouldn't mind Snake Men warriors first, though, and I've seen lots of great ideas for those!)

I would quite happily plunk down for three or four sets of Horde Troopers like this! I have a feeling that Mattel will really blow us away with them.

Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti

Totally agree they should be out sooner rather then later. I will probably buy 2 or 3 sets when first released and if they are released again I would definitely return to double dip on these guys. I'll buy as many as my toy budget will allow, lol, don't tell my wife.

I think that it will be a single release, with a pair of weapons - Red vintage staff (Updated 4H) and the silver wand they carried in the show and comics. There really isn't a lot of room for variations they were all the same...I also think the production numbers will be incredibly high...

Anyone know why there wasn't a Horde Trooper in the NECA staction line? Was it just preference of the Horsemen and they never got to them. Or were there certain characters the Horsemen couldn't do? Seems like they could have sold a ton of these when the statues were going.

If there were Staction Troopers, I'd have serveral in my Classics display right now.

Anyone know why there wasn't a Horde Trooper in the NECA staction line? Was it just preference of the Horsemen and they never got to them. Or were there certain characters the Horsemen couldn't do? Seems like they could have sold a ton of these when the statues were going.

Because the Staction line ended before they got to each and every character from the original line, and they only got to the ones that they did, and not the ones that they didn't. The Horde Trooper just happened to fall in the latter category.